Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Ultimate Day One Edition will be available for Switch sometime in Spring 2018. Over on Amazon UK, pre-orders have now started. The package can be reserved here.

The Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Ultimate Day One Edition features the game and three pieces of DLC – Pirate Queen’s Quest, Friends to the End, and Costume Mode. And as extra day one bonuses, an art book and soundtrack CD are included.

XSEED Games has provided new details about the physical version of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero for Switch. A limited “Ultimate Day One Edition” will be offered in Spring 2018. It’s planned for both North America and Europe at a $39.99 price point.

This edition includes a copy of the game, the 30-song ‘Risky Beats’ soundtrack on CD, and a new art book. The Pirate Queen’s Quest, new Costume Mode, and Friends Mode DLC will be included as well.

The new Friends to the End expansion for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero will launch on December 12, WayForward has announced. This applies to the Switch version and North American Wii U release. In Europe, the DLC is slated for the following week in Europe.

Friends to the End is the final final piece of the Shantae: Half-Genie Hero storyline. Sky, Bolo, and Rottytops are featured as new playable characters.

We have more on Friends to the End for below, along with the trailer from yesterday for those who missed it.

When Shantae: Half-Genie Hero was on Kickstarter, a “friends mode” stretch goal was funded. It promised Sky, Bolo, and Rottytops as playable characters. There’s more to this than just a new mode, as WayForward is calling it “Friends to the End” as an entirely new expansion.

First details about Friends to the End have just been posted on Kickstarter in a new update. WayForward provides the following information:

We recently learned about the physical version of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, titled the Ultimate Edition. XSEED Games is publishing it in North America – and today we learned that PQube will be doing the same in Europe. Naturally, all the features from the North American release will also be present here, such as the Pirate Queen’s Quest and the Friends Mode and Costumes Mode. The targeted release date is 2018.

WayForward has gone live with a launch trailer for the Pirate Queen’s Quest DLC in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. It’s out now for Kickstarter backers, and will be available for everyone else next week to purchase. Watch the trailer below.